Alienated America

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(03-05-2019, 12:56 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Interesting thing to consider...

Bias against Muslims: Islamaphobe
Bias against Jewish: Anti-Semitism
Bias against Christians:

(I'm not religious myself, but it's interesting to think about how certain groups are considered free game while others are really sensitive subjects to criticize.)

I think it's similar to the reasons that a movie like White Chicks can exist and is generally accepted by society but if a college kid wears blackface they are expelled from school (or if a Governor wore  blackface 30 years ago, they are pressured to step down. Or if a talk show host says black face was fine around Halloween when she was a child, she'll get fired).

There's an argument that racism is, in a lot of ways, systemic and based on power. You (arguably) can't be racist towards the group at the top of the totem pole (note: you can be prejudiced towards them. They're different terms). 

Alternatively, people are a lot less sensitive towards racism if your race has never seen significant subjugation at any time in World (or, possibly, your country's) history.  Under this consideration, there is virtually no time in world history where white people were subjugated to racism or oppression, therefore you can't really systematically oppress them.

Well, Christianity is basically the white people of religion. It has been dominant across the globe since (relatively) shortly after its inception and it has done a lot of the religious oppression (or colonization and forcing of religious views on natives etc) throughout the years. There may have been periods where they were oppressed, but for centuries they've been the main religion of America and a large portion of Europe.

I'm not saying that it's correct or just that these are the views a lot of people have with White People and, by extension, Christianity. I also am not 100% sure that whites or Christians have never been oppressed (though I can't think of anything at the moment). They certainly haven't in the last century or two, at the very least. But it is something I've noticed when it comes to those topics.

It's a lot easier to be the butt of a joke when your group has been the "top dog" for centuries or millennia.